Bombyliinae

Belongs within: Bombyliidae.
Contains: Bombylius.

The Bombyliinae are a group of mostly very hairy, broad-bodied bee flies. They may be divided between the Conophorini, with the discal medial cell of the wing broad towards the apex and possessing midtibial spurs, and the Bombyliini, with the discal medial cell broadest near the middle and the midtibial spurs absent (Greathead et al. 2009).

Characters (from Greathead et al. 2009): Antenna often thickened, scape usually shorter than flagellum; pronotum not distinct; body usually broad, usually densely hairy; wings normally broad, usually with well-developed alula and calypter; wing membrane without scales; female with well-developed sand-chamber guarded by dense long hairs; spermatheca with distinct terminal bulb.

<==BombyliinaeGEEL09
    |--ConophoriniGEEL09
    |    |--Conophorus fenestratusH81
    |    `--SparnopoliusGEEL09
    |         |--S. confususGEEL09
    |         `--S. lherminieriiH81
    `--BombyliiniGEEL09
         |--BombyliusGEEL09
         |--NeodischistusGEEL09
         |    |--N. collarisGEEL09
         |    `--N. curraniGEEL09
         `--HeterostylumGEEL09
              |--H. robustumGEEL09
              `--H. rufumGEEL09
Bombyliinae incertae sedis:
  Anastoechus barbatusKME08
  Aldrichia ehrmaniiKME08
  Triploechus novumH81
  GeminariaH81
  SystoechusKME08
    |--S. albidus Loew 1860R01
    |--S. candidulusKME08
    |--S. fumipennisE66
    |--S. mixtus (Wiedem. 1821) [=Bombylius mixtus; incl. B. scuutellaris, B. scutellatus]R01
    |--S. nitidulusK01
    |--S. oreasRD77
    |--S. simplex Loew 1860R01
    |--S. solitusE66
    |--S. somaliA71
    `--S. vulgarisKME08
  StaurostichusCM91
  Sisyromyia aurata (Walker 1849)CM91, H20
  MeomyiaCM91

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[CM91] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1991. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 717–786. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[GEEL09] Greathead, D. J., N. L. Evenhuis & C. J. Einicker Lamas. 2009. Bombyliidae (bee flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 565–576. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[H81] Hall, J. C. 1981. Bombyliidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 589–602. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[H20] Houston, T. F. 2020. Nesting biology of the Australian solitary bee Paracolletes crassipes Smith (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) accords with that of the Diphaglossinae. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 53–62.

[K01] Kertész, K. 1901. Legyek [Dipteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 179–201. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[KME08] Kits, J. H., S. A. Marshall & N. L. Evenhuis. 2008. The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a key to the species of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 6: 1–52.

[R01] Ricardo, G. 1901. Notes on Diptera from South Africa (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 89–110.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.